Date: Saturday 12th May and Sunday 13th May 2007 Instructor: Mustafa Jaffer Slides Session 1 Session 2
وَإِنِ اسْتَنْصَرُوكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ فَعَلَيْكُمُ النَّصْرُ Et s’ils vous demandent secours au nom de la religion, à vous alors de leur porter secours (Soūratul Anfāl, No.8, Āyat 72) Venir en aide aux opprimés, pour quiconque en a la possibilité, est une responsabilité innée de la fitrat soit l’instinct interne de l’être humain, dans le … Read more
Instructor: Sh. Abbas Jaffer
Schedule: Sat Aug 5 and Sun Aug 6 12:45PM – 1:30PM (NY/Toronto time)
وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ يَحُولُ بَيْنَ الْمَرْءِ وَقَلْبِهِ wa-‘lamū anna-llāha yahūlu baynal-mar’i wa-qalbih And know that Allah intervenes between a man and his heart. (Sūratul Anfal, No.8, Āyat 24) The heart (qalb) of the human being as mentioned in this verse and other verses of the Quran is the medium through which the human being thinks … Read more
إِنَّا أَنْزَلْنَاهُ فِي لَيْلَةٍ مُبَارَكَةٍ Innā anzalnāhu fī laylatin mubārakah Nous l’avons fait descendre en une nuit bénie (Sūratud Dukhān, No.44, Ayat 3) Le Saint Coran a été révélé pendant une nuit décrite comme mubārakah. Le mot racine barakah signifie quelque chose qui est bénéfique, qui se multiplie en bien, comme un courant continu de … Read more
This course will look at the sermons and sayings of Imam Ali (a) which talk about the nature of the human being. We will discuss how various faculties of the human being affect the overall personality. Topics will include understanding and training the heart, the intellect, and the tongue. Instructor: Tahera Kassamali Date: Tuesday November … Read more
كُلُّ امْرِئٍ بِمَا كَسَبَ رَهِينٌ kullu-mri’im bimā kasaba rahīn Every person is a hostage to what he has earned! (Sūratut Tur, No.52, Āyat 21) The actions of a human being stem from the level of his knowledge and intelligence and are a sign of the state of his soul. Actions reveal the qualities of an … Read more